Shiwasu

Shiwasu
Shiwasu
Calendar	Japanese Lunisolar Calendar
Month number	12
Number of days	29 or 30
	← Shimotsuki Mutsuki →

Shiwasu (師走) also known as Jūnigatsu (12月, lit: 12th month) is the 12th month of the Japanese Lunisolar Calendar. Normally the Great Cold, the 24th solar term is in this month.

The Chinese name is Làyuè (Chinese: 腊月). The name comes from the winter sacrifice, just as February.

Festivals

The Laba Festival is Shiwasu 8.^[1] The original definition of the Laba festival was the day of the winter sacrifice (simplified Chinese: 腊日; traditional Chinese: 臘日), and the date is the third Wùrì after the Winter Solstice.
The Preliminary Eve (Chinese: 小年) is Shiwasu 23.
The New Year's Eve (Chinese: 除夕) is the last day of the year, Shiwasu 29 or 30.

Events

Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the 12th Qing emperor of China, issued the imperial abdication edict on Shiwasu 25, 1911.

Births

Emperor Go-Uda, the 91st emperor of Japan, Shiwasu 1, 1269
Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, Shiwasu 26, 1542
Uemura Masahisa, a Japanese Christian pastor, theologian and critic of Meiji and Taishō periods, Shiwasu 1, 1857
Imperial Noble Consort Shushen, an Imperial concubine of the Tongzhi Emperor, Shiwasu 1, 1859

Deaths

Yue Fei, Yue Yun, Zhang Xian, military generals who lived in the Southern Song dynasty, Shiwasu 29 1141
Lu You, a prominent poet of China's Southern Song dynasty, Shiwasu 29 1209
Emperor Go-Hanazono, the 102nd emperor of Japan, Shiwasu 27 1470
Lê Uy Mục, the eighth king of the later Lê dynasty of Vietnam, Shiwasu 1 1509
Yi Gwang-sik, a Korean politician and general during the Joseon dynasty, Shiwasu 1 1563

Dates of Shiwasu

Dates of Shiwasu
Year	Start	End	Number of Days
2008	December 27	January 25, 2009	30 days
2009	January 15, 2010	February 13, 2010	30 days
2010	January 4, 2011	February 2, 2011	30 days
2011	December 25	January 22, 2012	29 days
2012	January 12, 2013	February 9, 2013	29 days
2013	January 1, 2014	January 30, 2014	30 days
2014	January 20, 2015	February 18, 2015	30 days
2015	January 10, 2016	February 7, 2016	29 days
2016	December 29	January 27, 2017	30 days
2017	January 17, 2018	February 15, 2018	30 days
2018	January 6, 2019	February 4, 2019	30 days
2019	December 26	January 24, 2020	30 days
2020	January 13, 2021	February 11, 2021	30 days
2021	January 3, 2022	January 31, 2022	29 days
2022	December 23	January 21, 2023	30 days
2023	January 11, 2024	February 9, 2024	30 days
2024	December 31	January 28, 2025	29 days
2025	January 19, 2026	February 16, 2026	29 days
2026	January 8, 2027	February 6, 2027	30 days
2027	December 28	January 26, 2028	30 days
2028	January 15, 2029	February 12, 2029	29 days
2029	January 4, 2030	February 2, 2030	30 days
2030	December 25	January 22, 2031	29 days
2031	January 13, 2032	February 10, 2032	29 days

References

↑ CGTN (January 12, 2024). "Layue, a joyful celebration in the run-up to Spring Festival". China Daily. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

[1] CGTN (January 12, 2024). "Layue, a joyful celebration in the run-up to Spring Festival". China Daily. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

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Shiwasu
1 [ja]	2 [ja]	3 [ja]	4 [ja]	5 [ja]	6 [ja]
7 [ja]	8 [ja]	9 [ja]	10 [ja]	11 [ja]	12 [ja]
13 [ja]	14 [ja]	15 [ja]	16 [ja]	17 [ja]	18 [ja]
19 [ja]	20 [ja]	21 [ja]	22 [ja]	23 [ja]	24 [ja]
25 [ja]	26 [ja]	27 [ja]	28 [ja]	29 [ja]	30 [ja]
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Mutsuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Kisaragi	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Yayoi	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Uzuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Satsuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Minazuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Fumizuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Hazuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Nagatsuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Kannazuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Shimotsuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Shiwasu	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]